Henry V and the earliest English carols 1413-1440 / David Fallows.

Author/creator Fallows, David
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAbingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.
Descriptionxiv, 207 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm
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Contents "Straightforward songs" -- The musical repertory -- Definitions and terminology: carol, burden, refrain, chorus, verse -- The musical form and virelai forms in general -- Burdens and double burdens -- Fauxbourdon -- Metre and rhythm -- The main poetry sources -- The earliest English poems in carol form -- Monophony for the carol -- Add. MS 5666 -- Awareness of the carol, I : 1600-1890. Composers ; Social context, 1 : the royal court and political propoganda ; Social context, 2 : orality and the polyphonic carol ; Social context, 3 : the notion of communal song -- Awareness of the carol, 2 : 1891-1901. The date and origin of Ritson ; The date and origin of Egerton ; The date and origin of Trinity ; The date and origin of Selden -- Chronology -- The later carols -- Binchois, Dufay and the contenance anglais -- Awareness of the carol, 3 : 1902-2017 -- "Blessid Inglond ful of melody".
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 185-195) and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2018001650
ISBN9781472421920 hardcover
ISBNelectronic book
ISBNebook

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